Cody Rhodes made his big return to WWE at WrestleMania 38 a few years ago, and he’s been one of the top stars in the company ever since. The American Nightmare has finished the story, and he’s also managed to become a three time Undisputed WWE Champion.
However, no one can wrestle forever and Cody recently made it clear during an interview with Chris Van Vliet that he does not want to wrestle into his 50s. Cody also indicated that he feels “Cody fatigue” has set in.
“Well, I definitely don’t want to wrestle into my 50s. No shame to anyone who wrestles in their 50s. I don’t want to overstay my welcome in a sense of this, right? So, I have been given so much from wrestling, and you have to think about my career in its totality. The things that we don’t talk about, the things that I don’t get asked about anymore. You have to think about all that. I have shed so much of my skin for the industry, but I have also been given so, so, so much. I think there’s a point where you have to stop taking. I’m not there, but there’s a point, and I think that’s in that time frame, a point where you just have to stop taking. It’s giving me everything. I am talking to you today, the first time I talked to you, I was a mid-card talent at WWE, and no shame to anything in the mid-card. Mid-card’s beautiful. I heard Triple H explain mid-card in a way that changed my perception of it forever. But I was a mid-card talent with a ceiling that was right above my head, and I’m talking to you today as someone who got to play Guile from Street Fighter, created by Capcom, a game that I played growing up as a little kid. Again, be careful what you wish for, but also I don’t know how many moments like this I can take, and I can get hopefully more, hopefully a lot more. But I’ve been so lucky so far and so blessed so far that I think wrestling. I mean, Cody fatigue is already pretty set in.”
When asked if he feels that Cody fatigue from the fans The American Nightmare said, “Well, no, maybe. But I think you can only go so far, and you’re only supposed to go so far.”